Great Ming National Teacher

The Ming army took Ryukyu, connecting the north to Kamchatka, passing through Japan, Ryukyu, and Taiwan. China's inland sea.

The military goals of the Second Five-Year Plan have all been completed, or even exceeded. Zhu Youjian ordered the North Sea Fleet to continue northward, along the Bering Strait, to explore the Arctic Ocean and the Americas. Maps were drawn according to latitude and longitude, and detailed charts and records were recorded. climatic features.The East China Sea Fleet is responsible for clearing out all the pirates in the above-mentioned sea areas, ensuring the safety of the sea routes, and cooperating with the special economic zone cities built by Li Yunya to increase ocean trade.

The South China Sea Fleet is advancing from Taiwan to the southeast, and the islands along the way will be collected as much as they can, and they will reach Australia all the way.

On this Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhu Youjian held a banquet in Qiongge, Beihai, and invited all the ambassadors from the seven countries that had established diplomatic relations with Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Li Yunya, the national teacher and prime minister of the cabinet, and several officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense were indispensable to accompany him. General.

At present, the Academia Sinica has discovered tungsten, but it has not really made electric lamps, and all kinds of lanterns used use kerosene as fuel.

Li Yunya came from a later age. He really looked down on the efficiency of the steam engine, and he wanted to build an internal combustion engine as soon as possible. However, China is short of oil and gas. Even if the territory is expanding now, he also knows where there is oil, but it is very difficult with the current level of technology. Dig it out, but the sooner the research and development is better, he asked his Geoje Island Shipyard to manufacture a large sea turtle cruise ship with a displacement of [-] tons, and followed the caravan to the Middle East to transport oil back. After research, distillation and oil refining have achieved initial results. Several common oils have been refined, and the simplest plastics and fibers have been produced with by-products, but they are still in the laboratory and have not been practical.

The kerosene is packed in glazed cups, of various colors and shapes, bright and beautiful. They are hung in pairs between carved beams and painted buildings. Taking advantage of the rockery and green trees, the full moon and still water, the artistic conception is beautiful. Everyone sits in the flower hall. There are four dishes on a table, a bowl of soup, a fruit plate, and a bowl of siu mai. There is a beautiful guzheng sound flying from outside the hall. This scene makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Zhu Youjian took the lead in toasting, and everyone drank a cup together, said some opening remarks, and drank another cup together, suddenly the topic changed: "Nowadays, the people in our country live and work in peace and contentment, and enjoy the festival. I heard that you are still fighting? There is an old saying in China , call Ning a dog of peace, not a troubled world! I want to say that peace is the most important thing, and through the subjects of a country, it’s okay to talk about something. It’s been fighting for so many years. Listen to us coming back from there People say that wars are happening everywhere and people are dying every day? Alas!"

The ambassadors of the seven countries are all familiar with China. Seeing the emperor's compassionate look, they were all thinking about its inner meaning. On the surface, they followed Zhu Youjian and said: "Yes, yes, war is evil and dirty. , the ugliest of all, we don't want war either..."

Zhu Youjian put down his wine glass and said, "Look, you all think war is bad, how about I make peace with your families?"

The ambassadors of the seven countries all frowned and looked at each other suspiciously. They all said that some guy was playing tricks behind the scenes to make the Ming emperor unfavorable to him.The current Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. Li Yunya roughly estimates that the land area is close to 2000 million square kilometers and the population is close to [-] million. In the eyes of Western countries, it is simply a behemoth entrenched on the earth, and its core economic area It has never encountered wars, and has developed rapidly in the past ten years, leading the world in terms of economy and technology.

The two camps in Europe are fighting against each other. They both want to draw the Ming Dynasty into their side. After they fail, they start trying to prevent the Ming Dynasty from joining the opposing camp. For this reason, in the past few years, the ambassadors of various countries have been doing a lot of activities and giving gifts to officials. Giving gifts to eunuchs, and even court ladies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly became very popular. In the first half of this year, there were as many as 27 officials above the division level of the Corruption and Bribery Bureau, and some of them started within three days after taking office. Take bribes.

No matter which camp the Ming Dynasty joins, it will be a devastating disaster to the other side. Even if it takes an expedition, as long as there is a country to cooperate and send a fleet to the past, no matter it is a warship with thick armor and strong guns, or a brave warship. The marines with advanced weapons can immediately turn the tide of battle as long as they set foot on the European continent.

At present, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, etc. are all imitating the rifles, artillery, and steam engines of the Ming Dynasty. The research and development process is many times faster than in history, but they are lagging behind in physical machinery, chemical engineering, and steelmaking. The power and performance of the guns produced are not satisfactory, especially the fire guns have never been developed, so the guns are still in the flintlock era, and the steam engine, no matter how it is imitated, the power produced is worse than that of the Ming Dynasty steam engine Many warships are still dominated by sails, steam power only plays an auxiliary role, and the locomotives made can only pull tens of thousands of catties.

Engaging in scientific and technological research and development costs a lot of money. These countries are fighting wars while researching and developing. The level of research and development is about the same. Only the Dutch, who are small and sparsely populated, are fighting again. It is not cost-effective to buy them yourself, and they are still in the same position as other countries. In the state of buying weapons, they are more willing to point the technology tree to the economic page rather than military weapons.

The ambassadors of the seven countries exchanged eye contact and reached an unprecedented consensus that the Ming Dynasty should not intervene in the European battlefield!They have seen what the Ming Empire has done in the past few years. North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu have been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The north fought the Russians, and the south forced Spain and the Netherlands to push out Taiwan. For so many years in China, I have heard the phrase "leading a wolf into a house" more than once, and "it is easy to ask God to send God away", the Ming Dynasty is too big, too strong, and too uncontrollable.

The ambassadors of the seven countries all acted as if they were very willing to ask Zhu Youjian to come forward to make peace, but the situation did not allow it. Leisurely, kind-hearted, not afraid of hard work and money, willing to make peace with you", which caused the ambassadors of the seven countries a headache, and they declined in turn, and they almost said "it's muddy, I'm going to die".

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Li Yunya interjected: "Your Majesty, there are other rules over there. It's not appropriate for us outsiders to stretch out our hands from thousands of miles away. Although we are well-intentioned, this bowl of water is slightly uneven. It makes people stand up and complain about us, why bother! Don’t you have a happy event to share with guests from all over the world? Why don’t you take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival and tell everyone directly, so that several good friends will be happy too.”

The Swedish ambassador clapped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, do you have any happy event to announce? Could it be that you want to have a wedding ceremony again? If that's the case, I will definitely present you the most exquisite gift on behalf of our king. "

While despising the poor Chinese of the Swedish ambassador in their hearts, the other countries followed suit to express their congratulations.

Then, Zhu Youjian announced something more unacceptable than letting them eat a pot of flies: "Our South China Sea Fleet has landed on the Australian mainland. From the fourth day of June this year, Australia will be included in my territory of Ming Dynasty !"

Li Yunya took the lead and stood up, and the other civil and military officials present also stood up and raised their glasses together: "I wish China more fertile soil, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

The ambassadors of the seven countries looked at each other. This time, even the Spanish and French ambassadors, who were hostile to each other, could see the meaning of the same hatred from each other's eyes. The British ambassador asked: "Dear Your Majesty, may I ask, what do you say?" Australia is included in your country's territory, specifically refers to..."

Zhu Youjian asked the eunuch to take the globe, and pointed on it: "This is here, in the south of the Pacific Ocean, this continent, plus all the islands in this area, are now our territory. Our experts from the Academia Sinica have measured the main coastline. The longitude and latitude coordinates of the area are roughly estimated to be more than 100 billion mu. Our experts in other fields such as climate, mineral deposits, soil quality, and biology have also arrived by boat. We have transported four of the special kangaroos there and a platypus to the Chengde Royal Zoo. If you don’t believe me, you can go and visit, and I will send a few tickets.”

The Spanish ambassador said bitterly: "As early as 30 years ago, our navigator Torres had already arrived there!"

The Dutch ambassador also hurriedly said: "But your people didn't land, did they? Our William was the first to land on that land! We call it 'New Holland'."

"So what?" Zhu Youjian's face was calm, but his majesty was exuded. "What if you land there? I have already sent troops to occupy it, and set up prefectures and counties to formally and effectively govern it." He said Putting down the teacup slowly, he paused lightly on Huanghuali's table, "Or do you want to compete with our country for that piece of territory?"

The ambassadors of the seven countries looked at each other, and they all saw the deep helplessness from each other's seriousness: "We have to go back and report this matter to our king before we can know whether to admit whether it belongs to your country or not."

"Please go ahead." Zhu Youjian said, "I'm just informing you, not asking for your opinions."

In the end, the moon appreciation meeting broke up badly. Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian returned to their residence, and Zhu Youjian hugged his waist: "Let's stay here today, don't go back to Zhaohe Hall."

"I'm not used to living here." Li Yunya pinched Zhu Youjian's cheeks, "After all, your place is the imperial palace. Although our affairs are already an open secret, you can live with me as the emperor. Courtier, it would be outrageous to live in your palace, oh, forget it, why don't you live with me?"

Zhu Youjian's face was flushed, and he leaned on him with a third of drunkenness: "I don't like to move."

"You don't need to walk. If you have a carriage, walk and go to my place." Li Yunya hugged Zhu Youjian horizontally, and called for a carriage. The four-wheeled carriage pulled by four white horses covered in meaningless hair, lightly The steel frame and rubber tires are not a bit more comfortable than the carriages he rode in back then. Li Yunya sat on the cushion and hugged Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian lay on him, opened the curtains, looked at the moon outside, and sighed Tone, "Yunya, you said that after our reform, it will be very easy, all things will be done by the courtiers, we just eat, drink and have fun every day, but why are we getting more and more tired now that the country is getting stronger and stronger? We When can we go out again, like you said, go out to sea on a big ship?"

"I originally wanted to get Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Chenla, Luzon, and Java all at once, plus at least half of North America..."

Zhu You raised his hand and grabbed his collar: "Our territory is already big enough! By the time you finish what you said, we will all be old and lose our teeth!" He used to value territory very much, but after eight years in Chongzhen In the future, I have become numb to the number of miles added to the territory. From east to west, from west to east, I can only have a rough idea on the globe.

"Then... let's take down North America, and let's hand over Southeast Asia to Lang'er. Lang'er has already gone to the military academy for training. I hope he can grow up as soon as possible. When the time comes, you will teach him the throne, and we two will go out to play! "